Wardrobe-trunk.



W. T. & E. E. BOYD & 0,. C. KELLER. WARDROBE TRUNK.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 15, I914.

Patented June 6, 1916.

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W. T. & E E. BOYD & O. C. KELLER.

WARDROBE TRUNK.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 15. I914. 1 185 9'71, Patented June 6,1916.

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WITNESSES #M J f winner: r. BOYD AND ELMER E. Born, on ASPIN'WALL,\

PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNORS To B. B. &

AND omen c. KELLER, or B. TRUNK COMPANY, o

PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

WARDROBE-TEEN K.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 15, 1914. Serial No. 832,112.

To all whom it may coiwem Be it known that we, WILLIAM T. Born and Emma E. Born, residents of Aspinwall,

and Om C. KELLER, a resident of North Side, Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, citizens of the United States, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Wardrobe-Trunks; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

Our invention relates to wardrobe trunks. The invention has :for its object to improve these trunks in certain ways by which they will have greater strength, and at the same time retain the clothes in position so as to prevent the jostling of same in the handling of the trunksin transit.

To these ends our invention comprises the novel features herelnafter set forth and claimed.

In the drawings Figure l is a perspective view of our improved trunk in open position; Fig.2 is a vertical section; Fig. 3 is a plan view of one-half the trunk showing the hanger-bracket; Figs. 4 and 5 are details of the hanger-bracket; and Fig.6 is a perspective view of the retaining-gate.

In the drawing we have illustrated a form of wardrobe-trunk composed of two sections 2 and 3 and hinged as at 4 to swing horizontally. The section 2 contains the drawers or other compartments 5, the top one 5 having the lid 6 hinged at its inner end; as at .7. This compartment '5 is provided with the cushion 8 which is hinged at the front-end of said compartment as at 9,'and when the trunk is opened this cushidn or pad rests on the top of said compartm'ent as shown in Fi 1.

The lid 10 of the trunk is recessed on its interior and adapted to cover both sections 2 and 3 when the trunk is closed, as indicated in Fig. 2, and said lid is hinged to the section 2 by suitable hinges, and is held in its raised position by a suitable lock 11 as indicated in Fig. 1 which consists of a toggle-like arrangement, the arm 12 having a stud 13 which is adapted to enter the recess 14 in the upper arm so that when the lid is raised. the stud 13 will engage the recess 14 and so prevent the lid from falling.

The section 3, which may be termed the swinging-section, as distinguished from the stationary-section '2, is the one which clothes-hangers contains the suits or gowns, and is provided with the hanger-supports 15 upon which the 16 are adapted to rest. These hanger-supports 15 are carried by the bracket 17 which is raised above-the upper end of the swingin -section 3, and said bracket is made up of metal bars, the rear U-shaped bar 18 being secured by screws or other fastening devices 19 to the metal-strip 20 which extends around the upper. edge of the section 3. The inner ends of the hangersupports 15 are secured to the U-shaped bar 18, and the arms 21 at the outer ends of said hanger-supports are secured to the metalstrip 20, said arms being slightly curved inwardly from said strip, as clearly indicated in Fig. 4. i

The hanger-supports 15 have the swing- 1ng extension 22 which is a U-shapedstrap pivoted at 23 to-the bar 24 and also to the lug 25 of the metal-strip 20. The clotheshangers 16 rest on the hanger-supports as indicated in Fig. 1 and when said hanger supports are extended bythrowing up the extension 22, the clothes-hangers may be moved along said hanger-support to a point outside the section 3 for convenience in removing or packing the clothes in the trunk. By having the bracket 17 raised in the manner shown above the walls of the swingin'gsection 3 greater strength is obtained as the bracket is braced and the parts connected Patented June 6,1916.

together so as to give great rigidity, while at the same time in extending above the Walls of the section 3 easier access to the clothes is, had, and the clothes-hangers may be liftedand adjusted in place with greater convenience. Locking-fingers 27 are pivoted to the extensions 22 of the hanger-supports and said locking-fingers are adapted to engagethe' arms 21 so as to hold the extension 22 in its raised position.

Within the swinging-section 3 are the notched-bars 28 which are adapted to receive the retaining-gate 29, the pro ections 30 on the lower end of said retaining-gate being adapted to fit in the notches of the bars 28. The projections 31 at the upper end of the gate have the notches 32 which are adapted to engage the bars 24 of the hanger-sup ports. By the use of this retaining-gate the clothes may be packed into close contact with each other, so as to hold them against movement when the trunk is being handled,

When the trunk is packed and ready for closing the cushion or pad 8 is swung over so that said pad rests on the clothes-hangers as indicated in Fig. 2, and when the lid 10 is lowered the inner face of the lid comes in contact with the said pad or cushion, and

with sufiicientpressure to force said pad down onto the clothes on the hanger and holds the same in position without in any way injuring them or bringing too great pressure to bear thereon. Furthermore, when the lid is closed the inner face of said lid, with the pad interposed, engages the upper end of the gate and, with the lower end of thegate in engagement with the notches 28, the said gate is held securely in place. The pad 8 when not in use rests. on the lid of the box 5 so that it in no way interferes with the packing operations and furthermore being attached to the lid of the box- 5 cannot become lost or misplaced. lowered the bracket projects up into the recess of the lid, and in this way space is saved and the height of the trunk reduced, Which is very essential, as railroadsare charging excess baggage for trunks over a certain height.

What we claim is:

1. A wardrobe trunk comprising two vertically hinged sections, one section forming' an open-front clothes compartment, a re cessed lid adapted. to cover both sections, a bracket on said open-front compartment raised above the upper edges of the walls of said compartment, and an expansible hanger,

When the lid ismeans/1 support carried, by said bracket, whereby when said lid is lowered the bracket and hanger support enter said'recessed lid.

2. A wardrobe-trunk comprising two ver tically hinged sect-ions, a hinged cushion attached to one section, clothes hanger-supports on the other section, and said cushion adapted to be swung over onto said clothes hanger-support of the second-section.

3. A wardrobe-trunk comprising two vertically hinged sections, one of saidsections having a compartment at the upper end thereof, a lid on said compartment, and a cushion hinged to the outer edge of said compartment adapted tobe swung over onto the top of the other section.

4. A wardrobe-trunk comprising a clothescompartment, said compartment having notches on both its inner side walls, a retaining-gate with its lower cross bar fitting.

in said notches, and a hanger-support with which the upper end of said retaininggate engages.

5. A wardrobe-trunk comprising a clothescompartment, a retaining-gate, engaging means on the inner Walls "of said compartment engaging the lower end of said gate,

and a lid adapted to engage the upper endof said retaining-gate.

In testimony whereof, we the said WIL- LIAM T. Born, ELMER E. Born and 01mm C. KELLER have hereunto set our hands.

LLIAM T. BOYD. ELMER E. BOYD. OMER C. KELLER.

Witnesses:

Row. D. Tomn, Jenn F. WILL. 

